Great, remind me of what CHR$() I shoiuld check, I will be glad to chime in with the info and serial number of my unit.
On 4 September 2015 at 02:13, VANDEN BOSSCHE JAN <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey! > > And I thought I was being ignored. :-o > > I will have to dig out my M100 to confirm this. > > As far as I can see there are 2 differences that happened during Model 100 > production: > - update of the character set > - update of the trig-table = the famous pi-error > > AFAIR, the M100 I have has a Serial number beginning with 4, placing the > production date in 1984. (Big Brother is watching us!) As far as I know, all > the M100 that the rest of you guys use, have serial numbers from 1983. Now > the question is: did the 2 changes (see above) occur simultaneous? That can > only be answered by testing every machine we have and checking production > dates. Like I proposed in 2013... OR check out the product number: mine is (I > just found the message, see below) 26-3801A, the A stamped. That might also > give an indication. > > But first, like I said, I will dig out my M100, M102s and confirm all this. > > Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus > Jan-80 """"" > @ work ( @ @ ) > --------------.ooo--(_)--ooo.--- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of VANDEN BOSSCHE JAN > Sent: maandag 10 juni 2013 09:28 > To: Model 100 Discussion > Subject: Re: [M100] M100 character set(s) ? > > Hello, > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Vanden Bossche > >> I have a Model 100 with the same character set as all my >> 102s and 200s. And it is produced in the US. I think it's >> improbable they split export and domestic production that >> strict. > > Excuse me. Like all other Model Ts, my model 100 was "custom > manufactured in Japan for Tandy Corporation". > > Still, I checked yesterday, it has the model 200/102 character set. > > It has the product number 26-3801A (the A stamped) and a s/n that starts > with a 40... > > Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus > Jan-80 """"" > @ work ( @ @ ) > --------------.ooo--(_)--ooo.--- > CORRECT ANSWER TO SPAM = [DELETE] > > Have some more PI ;-) > > 1 CLS:CLEAR:SCREEN,0 > 10 PRINT:L=0:GOSUB80:PRINT > 20 P1=4*ATN(1) > 22 PRINT" = 4*ATN(1) =";P1 > 24 L=80:GOSUB80 > 30 P2=2*ATN(3D13):PRINT > 32 PRINT" = 2*ATN(3D13) =";P2 > 34 L=160:GOSUB80 > 40 PRINT@260,CHR$(136):L=261:GOSUB80 > 42 PRINT@261,; > 50 A$=INPUT$(1) > 52 END > 80 R=INT(L/40):C=L-R*40:X=C*6:Y=R*8 > 82 LINE(X,Y+1)-(X+4,Y+1) > 84 LINE(X+1,Y+2)-(X+1,Y+6) > 86 LINE(X+3,Y+2)-(X+3,Y+5) > 88 PSET(X+4,Y+6):REM print PI at L > 90 RETURN > > -----Original Message----- > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Comet > Sent: zaterdag 15 augustus 2015 23:14 > To: Model 100 Discussion > Subject: Re: [M100] math error > > Hi Ron, you wrote on Friday, August 14, 2015 4:20 AM: > The system ROM of the Model 100 laptop has one error within its logarithm > table. Rather than "some early model 100s" being afflicted, my > understanding is that the erroneous logarithm table is present in the system > ROM of all Model 100 laptops regardless of manufacturing date. > > Apart from it being a trigonometric (not logarithmic) table in error, it > might be that some "late model 100s" are unafflicted, given that it is known > that Model 100s exist with a "cleaned up" character set based on the [early] > Model 102/200, as noted by Jan Vanden Bossche. > I am unaware if it has been confirmed/disproved whether such "late model" > Model 100s universally have the ATN error. > > A relevant posting regarding variant models is excerpted below: > > From: Jan Vanden Bossche > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 11:45 AM > To: 'Model 100 Discussion' > Subject: Re: [M100] M100 character set(s) ? > > I have a Model 100 with the same character set as all my 102s and 200s. And > it is produced in the US. I think it's improbable they split export and > domestic production that strict. > > It's far more than [the PI symbol]. > > The difference between the early and the later characters set - the later > being implemeted in the 200 and the 102 too - goes beyond the PI symbol. The > whole character set is 'cleaned up'. The best way to see it is by running my > DIGICS.BA program on an early M100 and a later one, or a 102, and compare > the output. > > One thing, e.g., is that all accented characters are on the correct baseline > in the second character set. They're all over the place in the first. > > Actually, I once asked that all people ran the PI-program, send me the > output for the calculation of PI, and the result for chr$(136). That way we > could tell: > - if the calculating ROM error is associated with the early character set > - what the serial number was when it occurred. > > DIGICS and PI are available in the Club100 Member Upload Library/Jan Vanden > Bossche. > > > > > [http://www.vivaqua.be/facebook.png] Rejoignez-nous sur Facebook - Volg ons > op Facebook > DISCLAIMER > > Pensez à l'environnement, n'imprimez cette page et ses annexes que si c'est > nécessaire. > > Ce message électronique, y compris ses annexes, est confidentiel et réservé à > l’attention de son destinataire. > Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire de ce message, merci de le détruire et > d’en informer l’expéditeur. 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